Letters -- Published Nov. 26, 2012

I hate to kick a man when he's down, but after his decent, appropriate concession speech, Gov. Mitt Romney followed that with his explanation remarks to his donors on why he lost the election, in the course of which he insulted a large part of the voters and the president by stating it was the latter's gifts that swung the Election Day.

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Posted Nov. 26, 2012 at 12:01 AM

Posted Nov. 26, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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I hate to kick a man when he's down, but after his decent, appropriate concession speech, Gov. Mitt Romney followed that with his explanation remarks to his donors on why he lost the election, in the course of which he insulted a large part of the voters and the president by stating it was the latter's gifts that swung the Election Day.

That also omits all the issues at stake. I disbelieve that stabilizing student loan interest was a "gift," for instance. Barack Obama should rescind his potential invitation to Romney for talks, at the least. Romney's points alienate the groups that Republicans should consider reaching out to in some appropriate fashion if they wish to avoid representing a permanent, if large, but likely decreasing number of angry embittered people.

And, as someone who obviously voted for him, I fervently hope that Obama will cease implementing Bush-type policies that erode our civil liberties, such as the clause in the last defense bill that allowed American citizens to be detained without probable cause.

Paul J. Hauben

Stockton

A blind nation cannot survive. The Republicans were America's last chance to save their nation.

They would have returned God to the White House, forced gangs to go home or jail, got corruption out of politics, stopped the baby slaughter, made marriage normal again, freed businesses from the shackles, started a roaring economy, closed the borders and many more good things.

Doug Gravelle

Vallecito

Well, I guess The Record's ownership and editorial board members will have to put away their party hats, horns and confetti for another day. All those "anti-death penalty editorials" were for naught.

Thanks to the majority of self-thinking voters who are demanding justice for the victims and their loved ones, of these cold-blooded murderers, Proposition 34 was deservedly defeated.

At the same time, I am not naive to know that the bleeding heart and willing federal judges and courts will continue to stand in the way of the will of the voters of this state. They consider us commoners who don't know what's good for us. Organizations such as the low-life, anti-social ACLU and prisoner rights groups along with sleazy attorneys who purposely clog up the justice system with frivolous appeals, are also involved.

Prop. 34 was defeated despite large amounts of money spent by the liberals in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Hollywood.

I'm gratified that the majority of the voters believe, as I do, that if you take the life of a human being in the first degree, society should take his or her life. How any liberal, criminal sympathizing person can feel that the likes of serial killers Wesley Shermantine and Louis Peoples deserve to live out their natural lives on the taxpayers' backs is unbelievable to me.

Clyde Davis

Stockton

I see that ex-Lockeford priest Michael Kelly is back in the news. He always loved being in the spotlight.

Most likely he would receive a fair trial regarding child sexual molestation charges made against him in a Calaveras County civil suit - if he were to come back and face such.

I'm guessing Kelly feels the same way and that likely is the reason he stays in Ireland.

It might behoove that legion of adoring admirers of his to find a country for Kelly to live that doesn't have an extradition agreement with the United States regarding such conduct.